Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe MADISONVILLE, Ohio, Jan. 10 (UPI) -- A Cincinnati-area family followed their grandmother's wishes and allowed her body to mummify in front of a television in their home for 2 1/2 years. Johannas Pope, 61, died sitting in her chair in an upstairs room on Aug. 29, 2003. She had instructed her family not to do anything with her body, as she believed she would be resurrected, the Cincinnati Enquirer reported Tuesday. Advertisement Hamilton County (Ohio) coroner Dr. O'dell Owens told a news conference Monday that family members regulated heating and air conditioning as they attempted to preserve the woman's remains. They kept a window air conditioner running to keep Pope's body cool until about a month ago, when it broke, Owens said. Pope's sister, who hadn't seen the woman in years, called Cincinnati police last Wednesday and reported a dead body at the home. Family members are not being charged with a crime at this point, the report said.
